GAB vs. HTGC, DNP, ADX, PTY, USA, NUV, GSBD, RVT, TY, and STEW
Should you be buying The Gabelli Equity Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of The Gabelli Equity Trust include Hercules Capital (HTGC), DNP Select Income Fund (DNP), Adams Diversified Equity Fund (ADX), PIMCO Corporate & Income Opportunity Fund (PTY), Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (USA), Nuveen Municipal Value Fund (NUV), Goldman Sachs BDC (GSBD), Royce Value Trust (RVT), Tri-Continental (TY), and SRH Total Return Fund (STEW). These companies are all part of the "investment offices, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Hercules Capital (NYSE:HTGC) and The Gabelli Equity Trust (NYSE:GAB) are both finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, community ranking and valuation.
Hercules Capital received 306 more outperform votes than The Gabelli Equity Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.22% of users gave Hercules Capital an outperform vote while only 63.82% of users gave The Gabelli Equity Trust an outperform vote.
Hercules Capital currently has a consensus price target of $18.56, indicating a potential downside of 5.97%. Given The Gabelli Equity Trust's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hercules Capital is more favorable than The Gabelli Equity Trust.
19.7% of Hercules Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.2% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Hercules Capital shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of The Gabelli Equity Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Hercules Capital has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Gabelli Equity Trust has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its share price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hercules Capital had 7 more articles in the media than The Gabelli Equity Trust. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hercules Capital and 1 mentions for The Gabelli Equity Trust. The Gabelli Equity Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Hercules Capital's score of -1.00 indicating that Hercules Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hercules Capital has higher revenue and earnings than The Gabelli Equity Trust.
Hercules Capital pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.1%. The Gabelli Equity Trust pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Hercules Capital pays out 72.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. The Gabelli Equity Trust has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. The Gabelli Equity Trust is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Hercules Capital has a net margin of 69.98% compared to Hercules Capital's net margin of 0.00%. The Gabelli Equity Trust's return on equity of 18.35% beat Hercules Capital's return on equity.
Summary
Hercules Capital beats The Gabelli Equity Trust on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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